You're it! notes that Amazon has
incorporated tagging into its interface. You can tag the items you view, see how others have tagged them, and return a
bunch of options by browsing your tags, such as other items with that tag, other customers using that tag, what other
tags those folks are using, et cetera. Nobody seems to be quite sure how new this is — does anyone know? By default all
your tagging is public, but you can make some or all of your tags private in your "Manage Your Tags" area. It's no
secret that I generally welcome our new tagging overlords, so this could prove an addictive new way to find new items
and spend money I don't have on exorbitant Amazon orders. Thanks, Amazon… I think…
[Via David Chartier]
Amazon using tags
Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. I would like to see the individual in control of this tagging metadata. I read this on another thread, maybe on this site, I can't remember. But tagging data should be portable across sites and interfaces. I should be able to apply my existing tags to a site, use the site to develop them some more, and then take that data with me when I go somewhere else.
Posted at 8:05PM on Dec 18th 2005 by Dave Kritzberg
1. I just hope they don't try to patent tagging
Posted at 8:05PM on Dec 18th 2005 by Steve